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Who is Carrie Blazina? That’s the correct response to the clue, “This �鶹��ѡalumna will appear on the game show ‘Jeopardy!’ on Dec. 20.” Ms. Blazina, who graduated in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in news, had her knowledge of geography, religion, literature and other topics tested on the popular game show earlier this year. The show will air Dec. 20. Ms. Blazina is currently a multiplatform and web production editor for The Boston Globe. The idea of auditioning for “Jeopardy!” was a joint decision between Ms. Blazina and her boyfriend, Andrew. They&nbs...

The Student Nurses Association at �鶹��ѡ East Liverpool spearheaded, for the fifth year, a project to help provide gifts for 80 local children through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. Nursing students, faculty and staff participated in the outreach effort. They also collected hats, scarves, mittens and gloves.  # # # Photo A: Shown with the collection of gifts are (from left) Sidney Parsons, Nicole Erwin, Courtney Antigo, Dr. Carol Hursovsky, program director, and Courtney Hall. Photo B: The donated gifts reflect the generosity of �鶹��ѡEast Liverpool ...

This 28-day program is designed to help you start every day with a nutritious breakfast. While breakfast is often skipped to accommodate our busy schedules, it doesn't have to take a lot of time to put together a complete and nutritious meal that will power you through the day.   Our Build a Balanced Breakfast kicks off a series of new challenges for 2019. Build a Balanced Breakfast begins Mon., Jan. 28, and runs through Feb. 24, 2019. You'll learn to start every day with a nutritious breakfast rather than skipping it to accommodate a busy schedule.   ...

�鶹��ѡ at Ashtabula closed the fall semester when it hosted the 69th Commencement Ceremony aton Friday, December 14, 2018.  Over 200 students earning their associate's, bachelor's or master's degrees were honored during the ceremony, held in the Main Hall Gymnasium.   Local activist, writer, speaker and actor Camille Licate delivered the keynote address to graduates, families, friends, guests and supporters.     The event is available for viewing and archived to the campus YouTube Channel (see link below) and memories can be sh...

A team of �鶹��ѡstudents took first place in the seventh annual Mission: Life international competition on Nov. 12, which took place at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. The winning team, aided by Edgar Eduard Kooijman, Ph.D., (Director, Biotechnology Program and Associate Professor, Biological Sciences) and J.R. Campbell (Executive Director, Design Innovation Initiative and Professor, The Fashion School), traveled to Texas to present their idea that addressed this year’s topic of immigration in the 21st century.   Mission: Life is an in...

�鶹��ѡ Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary – or about 35 dog-year anniversary – of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and her handler, Officer Anne Spahr. “She is very high spirited, very high energy and very smart,” Officer Spahr says. “She is a phenomenal work dog, very focused and thorough, but quick. I have to stay on my toes to keep up with her.” Coco was the first police dog at Kent State. She is now one of two police dogs at the university, later joined by a Belgian Malinois named Dexter. Dexter's handl...

Just as the flavor of an artisanal cheese is enhanced by pairing it with the perfect wine, Geauga County offers a bounty of local resources that are amplified when brought together. Such is the case with a new partnership recently established between the International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute (ICASI) in Chesterland and �鶹��ѡ at Geauga. Thanks to this new articulation agreement, credits earned by ICASI culinary students can transfer over to any KSU campus towards an Associate’s Degree in Technical Study. Courses in the Associate of Technical Study degree program c...

Most experiences in an art museum are detected from a distance. Rules are strictly enforced to keep admirers from touching the precious artifacts. But Associate Professor Jeanne Marie Stumpf-Carome, MA, MS, Ph.D., breaks through those barriers. She brings lessons in cultural anthropology, archaeology, sociology and human evolution alive with hands-on learning explorations for her �鶹��ѡGeauga students. As such, she demonstrates the timeless relevance of cultural artifacts found in the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) collections.    By regularly incorporating t...

A team of College of Public Health international graduate students received a first-place award for their Togetherness application at the 7th-annual Mission: Life competition, hosted at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. The Mission: Life competition is an entrepreneur competition that originated at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Parana (PUCPR) in Curitiba, Brazil. The main goal of the competition is to foster innovative ideas and entrepreneurship that addresses real-world problems. This year's topic was Immigration in the 21st Century. With the support ...

As chair of the Presidential Search Committee, it is my pleasure to provide you with this initial update on the committee’s progress in launching a comprehensive national search for Kent State’s 13th president, as authorized last week by the �鶹��ѡ Board of Trustees. Both the Board and the committee are committed to pursuing a search that yields the very best outcome – an accomplished, visionary and inspirational president to lead �鶹��ѡto its brightest future and who will be the right leader at the right time. I am pleased to announce the membership of a broad-based sea...